Tag: Spending

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, with FBI Director Christopher Wray, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.

Justice Department asks courts to pause high-profile cases for shutdown

Kelly Cohen · December 26, 2018 11:40 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2018, photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to a reporter as she and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk back into the West Wing after speaking to members of the media outside of the White House in Washington.

Trump: Pelosi prolonging shutdown as part of bid to be speaker

Melissa Quinn · December 26, 2018 8:29 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Tuesday he is confident the White House will allow the release of a memo reportedly detailing abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by the Obama administration to spy on associates of President Trump. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Freedom Caucus members cagey on a compromise figure for border wall funding

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 23, 2018 8:31 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as the Senate takes up a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018.

Republican senator hits at Trump’s border wall battle: ‘This is a made-up fight’

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 23, 2018 3:06 pm

"It's a policy dream come true to be able to make the arguments directly to the president of the United States, and if I lose, that's great. I'm not the president. He is. And I absolutely respect his final decision," says Mick Mulvaney. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mick Mulvaney: DHS can’t ‘spend money from Mexico’ for border wall

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2018 2:37 pm

Still no deal: Shutdown imminent after Senate advances doomed funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · December 21, 2018 11:15 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Schumer tells Pence: Wall funding ‘will not pass’ in the Senate

Al Weaver · December 21, 2018 9:48 pm

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, April 4, 2017.

Labor leader slams ‘serious hardship’ shutdown

Sean Higgins · December 21, 2018 3:53 pm

In this Jan. 14, 2016 photo, U.S. Air Force Sr. Airman (retired) Brian Kolfage, speaks with the media during a 2016 groundbreaking ceremony for a new home he and his family were receiving through the Gary Sinise Foundation's RISE program at Sandestin, Fla. An online fundraiser started by Kolfage to pay for construction of President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall was up to millions of dollars Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 bringing further attention to an issue that could lead to a government shutdown.

National Security

Triple amputee veteran raising money for border wall: ‘Democrats want this’

Katelyn Caralle · December 21, 2018 3:03 pm

President Trump takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

National Security

Trump: ‘Nothing else’ but the wall will secure the border

Katelyn Caralle · December 21, 2018 12:38 pm

President Trump takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

Trump boosts his 2020 chances with border wall fight

Al Weaver · December 21, 2018 5:00 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, walks as he speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Washington.

Flashback: Pelosi told Trump the House wouldn’t vote for border wall funding

Anna Giaritelli · December 21, 2018 2:46 am